The Premier is resisting calls to tighten up restrictions and mask rules in Tasmania, in response to the latest COVID numbers. Another 946 cases were reported in the latest 24-hour period, while 21 people are being treated specifically for the coronavirus in hospital. The Greens say it's…

Tasmania has recorded a second straight day without any COVID-related deaths. 899 new cases have been reported in the latest figures from Public Health, down from 913 on Tuesday. There are now 51 COVID-positive cases in hospital, but only 22 of them are being treated specifically for the…

Tasmania has recorded 913 new cases of coronavirus, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health. It's an increase on yesterday's number of 723. No new COVID-related deaths have been reported in that 24-hour period, while 26 people are still being treated in hospital…

A woman in her late 80s in the state's north is the latest Tasmanian to fall victim to coronavirus. Her death takes the overall number of pandemic fatalities here to 71. Public Health has recorded 723 new cases on Monday, with active infections now sitting slightly below 6000. 582 people…

Another Tasmanian has lost their life to COVID-19, taking the state's pandemic death toll to 67. Wednesday's update from the Department of Health showed 1179 new cases, down slightly from 1216 on Tuesday. The number of patients in hospital being treated specifically for COVID jumped…

A man in his 70s has died with COVID-19 at the Royal Hobart Hospital, taking the state's pandemic toll to 56. 1078 new cases have been recorded, a slight decrease on yesterday. There are 50 COVID-positive patients in Tasmanian hospitals, 24 of those being treated specifically for the…

Another Tasmanian has died from coronavirus, taking the state's pandemic toll to 55. Premier Jeremy Rockliff has confirmed a man in his late 70s has passed away at a residential aged care facility in the south. 1096 new cases were recorded in the latest daily figures from public health,…

Tasmania's pandemic death toll has risen to 54. Three new COVID-related fatalities have been confirmed from the weekend in the latest figures from public health. "These persons, whose deaths were caused or contributed to by COVID-19, were two men and one woman, aged in their 40s, 50s and…

Tasmania's pandemic death toll has risen to 33 on the death of a man aged in his 90s with coronavirus at the Royal Hobart Hospital. 1885 new cases were added to the state's tally in the latest figures from Public Health, with 1963 recovered and released from isolation in that period. It…

The Department of Health has revealed Tasmania has one of the highest per-capita rates of COVID infection in the country. 2408 new cases and a new death were recorded in Wednesday's numbers, taking the state's pandemic toll to 32. Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff confirmed a man in his…

The state's daily COVID infection count remains high in the latest 24-hour reporting period. 1779 new cases were recorded across Tasmania and the active case count has surged further from around 8500 to 9105, the highest since the pandemic began. The number of people being treated…

Tasmania has recorded 853 new cases of coronavirus in the latest data form Public Health. It's a similar figure to the previous day, while active infections are now up to nearly 4300. 12 people are in hospital with COVID, two more than yesterday, but only 3 of those are being treated…

Children aged three to five will be able to take free rapid antigen tests, with Victoria expanding its voluntary school COVID-19 testing program to early childhood services. While Victorian primary and secondary students have been asked to take twice-weekly RATs since the start of term…

Tasmania's coronavirus numbers continue to fall in the latest 24-hour snapshot. There have been another 570 new cases but 640 people have recovered, taking the active case count down another 70 to 3712. That the lowest it's been since early January. No COVID-related deaths were recorded…

A manufacturing plant to produce rapid antigen tests will be set up in Melbourne, with the capacity to make 50 million of the sought-after test kits per year. RATs have been in scant supply in the state, with the lack of tests for COVID-19 leading to shortages of supermarket supplies,…

Tasmania has recorded 666 new cases of coronavirus in the latest daily figures. It's a slight decrease on Tuesday's 699 infections and comes as the four major hospitals in the state decrease their COVID reponses from Level 3 to Level 2. "Due to our high vaccination rates and that Omicron…

Tasmania has recorded its fourth coronavirus-related death since borders reopened last month. A woman in her 80s died in hospital while being treated for COVID pneumonia. She was admitted back on January 13. "I would like to pass on my sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and…

The health minister has declared the Omicron wave of COVID-19 cases has peaked in several jurisdictions. Greg Hunt said the peak of infections had passed in NSW, Victoria, the ACT and South Australia. It comes as Australia's leading advisory group on vaccines gave the final approval to…

Tasmania will give students a back-to-school pack containing two coronavirus rapid antigen tests as part of the plan for returning to the classroom on February 9. Students should only be tested if symptomatic and further rapid tests would be provided to schools to distribute as required,…

Victorians can now get their COVID-19 booster shot sooner, with the government shortening the interval from the second dose down to three months at state hubs. The state recorded 20,769 new COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths on Wednesday, 10,726 from PCR tests and 10,043 from rapid antigen…